Auto Tactics

[ilhdr]

If I could choose one feature to be in-game, it would be this. It helps so much to improve gameplay and it adds another layer of interactions between various game mechanics.

[Infinitron]

You mean like in Dragon Age? It's an interesting system, but I don't think the game should be designed around it. Obsidian should make the best AI they can first, then see if they can perhaps open it up to something like this.

[entrerix]

i'd rather they scale back on this and just have the game autopause for new orders after each "round"

[ilhdr]

Yes I mean. I listen that it comes from the final fantasy series but I cannot guarantee that.

 

As Obsidian said that this will be a tactical game, instead of a mouse-1 point and click diablo clone, I think it will work just fine.

[Lucas]

You mean the tactics system like in Dragon Age? In all honesty, I never used it because I've always micro-managed my entire party in the infinity engine games and NWN2 as well. While I'm not against an A.I. Tactic system at all, in that case I really hope the Devs will include a "puppet mode" as well, with the possibility of deactivating the companion A.I. during combat.

Edited September 18, 2012 by Lucas

[metiman]

You haven't even explained what you mean by "auto tactics". Are we supposed to guess? I know writing more than 1 sentence is a strenuous thing. Is it like letting the game play itself so you can just walk away and make a sandwich or go to sleep and wake up to see that your character has saved the world or was quickly killed?

[ilhdr]

Yes, it's just a set of behaviours you can define when don't wanna to micromanage everything.

 

But it didn't override any of your commands in combat.

[ilhdr]

You haven't even explained what you mean by "auto tactics". Are we supposed to guess? I know writing more than 1 sentence is a strenuous thing. Is it like letting the game play itself so you can just walk away and make a sandwich or go to sleep and wake up to see that your character has saved the world or was quickly killed?

 

lol, the other guys just understood what i'm talking about. I think it's you how misconcept it here

[Farudan]

You haven't even explained what you mean by "auto tactics". Are we supposed to guess? I know writing more than 1 sentence is a strenuous thing. Is it like letting the game play itself so you can just walk away and make a sandwich or go to sleep and wake up to see that your character has saved the world or was quickly killed?

In Dragon Age you can define behaviours for your companions. For example if some character's / player character's / the character's health himself (read as variable) is below 50 / 40 / 30 / 20 % use Healing / large / middle / small Health Potion. Or if surrounded by 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 enemys use spell / special attack xyz.

 

I second that. That's no compensation for a basic AI, but actually a comfort feature.

[metiman]

I see. Another Dragon Age feature request. It is starting to seem like most of the posters here just want Dragon Age. It sounds almost like contingencies in BG2 or just character AI scripts. I don't have a problem with that, but I don't particularly care about it either.

[Farudan]

There is nothing wrong to implement a feature that worked well even if you didn't like the game. It's simply an improvement of the infinity games' AI scripts.

Edited September 18, 2012 by Farudan

[LordCrash]

Good old combat and action micromanagement like in BG 2, that's how it should be. I mean it should be possible for people who want to dig into that like I would.

[Blablachar]

Yes I mean. I listen that it comes from the final fantasy series but I cannot guarantee that.

 

As Obsidian said that this will be a tactical game, instead of a mouse-1 point and click diablo clone, I think it will work just fine.

 

Are you talking about something like gambit system from FFXII?

 

Rather no- I prefer to use my own tactic, than program the team to behave in a certain way. Plus, if we want many non combat skills and ways to avoid the fight it would be a contradiction then.